'Survival' in the war fiction of Andric and Faulkner

Ivo Andric and William Faulkner explore the effects on the human condition under years of oppression in societies where adaptation and perpetuation of the past are frequently less terrifying than change and the unknown. This dissertation examines the war fiction of both writers from an historical perspective.; This study consists of five parts. The Introduction provides an overall view of the fictive works and some historical background. The works covered are Andric's The Bridge on the Drina, The Woman from Sarajevo, "The Pasha's Concubine," "Bar Titanic," "The Brandy Still," and Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!, The Unvanquished, "A Rose for Emily," "Two Soldiers," and "Shall Not Perish."; Chapter I considers social injustice and economic deprivation in societies built on the theme of the disenfranchized. Chapter II looks at women and children and the fragmentation of interpersonal and family relationships under external pressures and historical patriarchy. Chapter III examines spiritual disillusionment and strife as the human condition in oppressive societies where survival is dependent on the perpetuation of the past and the capacity to adapt. This study concludes that while man is doomed to live, his survival becomes a legend of life.; Chapter IV is a curriculum designed as a course in American Literature or Comparative Literature for Community College students.